Need helping ID’ing these four fish – caught in Raleigh, NC

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  1. distressedweedle on

    I’m trying to get better at my ID’ing so I’ll post my guesses here for someone to correct: bluegill, green sunfish, redear sunfish, spotted bass

  2. 1. Bluegill
    2. Green sunfish
    3. Redear sunfish
    4. Largemouth bass (edit: or maybe spotted bass)

  3. 1. Bluegill. You can tell by the dark spot on dorsal fin (kinda hard to see in the pic),black ear flap with no other colors, rounded body, and pointy pectoral fin shape.

    2. Green sunfish. Can tell by rounded pectoral fin, white leading edge on the fins and more elongated body shape.

    3. Red-ear sunfish. You can tell by the red dot on the ear flap.

    4. Bass, probably a largemouth but hard to tell when they’re so young. The long body shape, large mouth in proportion to head size and black stripe going down the body are all ways to identify

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